Bath-cabinet heater.



UNITED STATES PATENT (murcia.

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BATH-CABINET HEATER.

Applieetieu filed. Qtobsr 17, 191172 T0 @Miko/1.@ t may Concern.:

Be it knew that fLiXwEtL. M. JONES, a citizen of the United Statearesidingpt Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bath-Cabinet Heaters, of whichl the.- ellewing is a sneeicatioil-rw The present invention relates to an ixuproved heater or stove designed particularly for bath cabinet use.

Heaters of the kind in question are generally operated until the air within the cabinet has been sufficiently heated, or charged with the requisite amount of vapor, after which the flame is extinguished. As the patient is required to occupy a sitting position within the cabinet, with only his head remaining outside, diiiculties often arise in extinguishing the heater flame. In attempting to carry out this operation, the patients hand, leg, or foot may come into contact with the heater so as to receive painful burns, or the heater may possibly upset with disastrous results. Such dangers and diiiiculties as those mentioned are entirely overcome in the present heater which is provided with means for conveniently and positively extinguishing the flame. The heater is also capable of being produced at relatively' small expense, and its operation is so simple, furthermore, as to render it very unlikely that the device will ever get out of order. These features of my invention are more fully hereinafter set forth in the specification and claims, but are also clearly shown in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a heater designed particularly for bath cabinet use, dotted lines showing the extinguisher removed from off the burner; and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

The heater illustrated in the drawing is similar to that shown in my application Serial No. 126,932, filed October 21, 1916. With many of its features of construction, however, as defined in the claims of that application, the present invention is not concerned. The description to follow, therefore, so far as relating to other parts than those which serve to extinguish the flame, will be as brief as possible.

In Fig. 1 I have represented a heater coniprising a base 3 and a guard frame 4 designed to accommodate a burner 5. The

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lVIar, 12, 12,18.

Serial No. 192,033.

frame is terrified. with a. plurality et' radially extending arms 6 which constitute its hettem, the'ead @if each anu beine upwardly tum-ed es at 7 t0. Support a. .Pills 8 Arms 9! exteadarwardly eud-nutwardly from the ring 8 carrying at their extremities an cnlerged, ring 1.0:I Other-armen proceed up:

4 ,wardly and inwardly from the ring 10 to support at their extremities a top rin 12. The form of guard frame .described a ords a substantial and serviceable construction, but obviously may be varied or modified to a considerable extent without affecting the present invention which relates more particularly to the extinguisher for the iame.

The burner 13 adapted for use with the frame just described is preferably cylindrical in form so as to fit within the lower portion of the frame where it is supported upon the arms 6 and held in place by their upward extensions 7 and the ring 8. Within the burner may be placed a suitable ab.- sorbentmaterial covered, if desired, by a screen or mesh such as is common in devices of this character where alcohol or other similar liquid fuel is employed. Means for extinguishin0F the flame are also provided, consisting o a disk 14 of size and shape corresponding to the top ofthe burner and adapted, when seated thereon, to smother the flame. This disk is loosely carried upon an arm l5 looped as at 16 to bear against the disk when the same is in central position upon the burner. The arm 15 is coiled as at 17 around an arm or pintle 18 extending between the rings 10 and 12 of the guard frame, from whence the arm 15 rojects to provide a lever portion 18. Thls lever is bent at one place in the form of a loop 19, its extremity 2O being shaped to provide an eye 2l'to which a chain or other suitable connection may be attached. When this chain or other attaching medium is pulled, the lever is swung around upon the arm 18 which serves as a pivotal mounting therefor, the disk 14 being brought by a swinging movement directly over the burner so as to extinguish the flame. When the disk is in extinguishing position the loop 1G bears upon the disk in such a manner as to hold it tight upon the burner. The loop portion 19 is arranged to Contact with a stop member 22 positioned upon the ring 10 of the guard frame to limit further movement of the disk. In this manner I have' rovided a positive and ready means for e ectively extinguishing the heater fiame, which may be operated conveniently by means of a chain or other suitable attaching means.

I claim:

1. In a bath cabinet heater, the combina tionof a guard frame, a burner mounted on the frame, and means for extinguishing the burner Hame consisting of a disk adapted to swing toward and across the burner, and a lever pivoted to the frame and loosely connected with the disk, the lever coperating with the frame to arrest the crosswise move-- ment of the disk when it is in extinguishing position, and coperating with the disk to oplel of this patent may be obtained for MAXWELL M. JONES.

ve cents each. by addressing the Commissioner ot Patents,

Washington, D. C." 

